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PC World - Nintendo reported strong growth in its sales and profits during the April to June quarter on the popularity of its Wii console…

AP - Nintendo of Japan says its profit for the fiscal first quarter rose 34 percent from a year ago as sales of its hit Wii video game consoles shot up.

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.OS) quarterly profit rose 31.5 percent on the runaway success of its Wii game console, but the Japanese video game maker kept its annual outlook well short of market expectations.

CNET - If you’ve every wanted to live forever, legendary game designer Richard Garriott–also known in the video game community as “Lord British”–may give you the chance.

PC World - Nintendo and major Japanese software companies are going after 5 companies they say sold devices to play pirated DS games.

Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc reported a narrower quarterly loss as its revenue doubled on strong sales of some video games, but its shares fell as the results were short of analyst expectations.

AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a smaller net loss for its fiscal first quarter Tuesday and more than doubled its revenue thanks to soaring sales of games such as “Rock Band” ? even as it spent more on marketing and development.

Reuters - Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc posted a larger-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday and its shares fell nearly 3 percent.

AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects fiscal 2009 profit and sales to grow sharply, fueled by upcoming games such as “Spore,” “Mirror’s Edge” and “Dead Space.”

Reuters - Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc posted a narrower quarterly loss on Tuesday and said its highly anticipated game Spore would debut on September 7.